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Costa Rica: Administrative Division

Contents: Provinces and Cantons

The population of the provinces and cantons of Costa Rica according to census-based population estimates.

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NameStatusPopulation
Estimate
2000-06-30
Population
Estimate
2011-06-30
Population
Estimate
2022-06-30
AlajuelaProvince728,057903,1321,035,464
AlajuelaCanton226,649276,794322,143
AtenasCanton22,84226,42030,407
GreciaCanton58,32469,66376,226
GuatusoCanton13,26316,95018,316
Los ChilesCanton20,03527,30134,701
NaranjoCanton38,20243,79746,647
OrotinaCanton15,96220,73824,217
PalmaresCanton30,25036,37939,148
PoásCanton25,17729,69336,207
Río Cuarto (← Grecia)Canton7,87412,82614,418
San CarlosCanton129,176172,023198,742
San MateoCanton5,4516,4706,952
San RamónCanton69,08883,93993,264
Sarchí (Valverde Vega)Canton16,48819,93621,562
UpalaCanton38,24947,35757,361
Zarcero (Alfaro Ruiz)Canton11,02712,84615,153
CartagoProvince439,645502,258545,092
AlvaradoCanton12,50614,30217,134
CartagoCanton134,232151,774165,417
El GuarcoCanton34,37842,47447,375
JiménezCanton14,28015,71618,710
La UniónCanton81,673101,19599,539
OreamunoCanton39,69346,13648,911
ParaísoCanton53,27258,03065,941
TurrialbaCanton69,61172,63182,065
GuanacasteProvince268,386342,702412,808
AbangaresCanton16,53118,51222,211
BagacesCanton16,23020,82423,709
CañasCanton24,48029,23431,738
CarrilloCanton27,73938,06848,227
HojanchaCanton6,6367,4838,224
La CruzCanton16,75622,64426,829
LiberiaCanton47,43864,79780,130
NandayureCanton10,13811,29811,874
NicoyaCanton42,80951,37166,268
Santa CruzCanton41,47658,10772,366
TilaránCanton18,15320,36421,232
HerediaProvince360,772461,152479,117
BarvaCanton32,97341,08647,699
BelénCanton20,17424,19223,759
FloresCanton15,29122,12922,026
HerediaCanton105,636128,546131,901
San IsidroCanton16,34020,87322,806
San PabloCanton21,16529,02629,860
San RafaelCanton37,93648,92448,848
Santa BárbaraCanton29,68337,33939,133
Santo DomingoCanton35,31644,54945,932
SarapiquíCanton46,25864,48867,153
LimónProvince345,071411,404470,383
GuácimoCanton35,47046,47849,606
LimónCanton91,40396,314116,457
MatinaCanton33,67941,14845,329
PococíCanton104,917131,214146,320
SiquirresCanton53,30560,37663,765
TalamancaCanton26,29735,87448,906
PuntarenasProvince363,324442,415500,166
Buenos AiresCanton40,79447,32450,562
CorredoresCanton37,86747,09451,023
Coto BrusCanton40,69843,36146,351
EsparzaCanton24,35833,12634,808
GarabitoCanton10,57220,18426,672
Golfito (incl. Puerto Jiménez)Canton34,36341,01544,086
Montes de OroCanton11,34312,93716,395
OsaCanton26,27429,48336,088
ParritaCanton12,30516,86520,068
Puntarenas (incl. Monte Verde)Canton104,221122,535141,697
Quepos (Aguirre)Canton20,52928,49132,416
San JoséProvince1,367,0881,529,0841,601,167
AcostaCanton18,95420,28622,542
AlajuelitaCanton71,48582,32281,012
AserríCanton50,16458,08559,588
CurridabatCanton61,90773,28871,026
DesamparadosCanton196,731222,808223,226
DotaCanton6,6307,3919,364
EscazúCanton53,26763,73871,500
GoicoecheaCanton119,442126,776132,104
León Cortés CastroCanton11,89512,46913,553
Montes de OcaCanton51,21760,01753,862
MoraCanton22,02427,75132,348
MoraviaCanton51,22658,70459,546
Pérez ZeledónCanton124,036139,264156,917
PuriscalCanton29,84334,48538,525
San JoséCanton314,063322,155352,381
Santa AnaCanton35,08253,18958,020
TarrazúCanton14,40317,15617,810
TibásCanton73,20878,50674,592
TurrubaresCanton4,9586,0666,173
Vázquez de CoronadoCanton56,55364,62867,078
Costa RicaRepublic3,872,3434,592,1475,044,197

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos.


Further information about the population structure:

Gender (E 2022)
Males2,511,844
Females2,532,353